Poets
- William Hamilton (poet) (1665–1751), Scottish poet
- William Hamilton (Jacobite poet) (1704–1754), Scottish poet associated with the Jacobite movement
- William Hamilton (British Army officer) (1891–1917), poet and soldier from Victoria Barracks, Windsor
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